Combination coat and trousers hanger.



J. F. CLAUSSEN. COMBINATION GOAT AND TROUSERS HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3, 1908 Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

JOHN F. CLAUSSEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GQIWINATIQN 00.5.1 AND TROUiq-ERS HALIBTGER.

Application filed February To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jenn F. CLAUSSEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of lllinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combine-titan Coat andTrousers Hangers, of which the following is a specification. Y

My invention relates to garment hangers and particularly to acombination coat and trousers hanger. In devices ofthis character thetrousers hanger arranged. beneath the arched arm which'forms the coathanger and in a horizontal position. This is more Y arch over theinstep.

or less unsatisfactory inasmuch as the trousers hanger 1s too closebeneath the coat hanger, due to the slight curvature of the latter, topermit proper positioning of the trousers therein, especially the endsor bottomof the trousers are cut at an angle to The object of myinvention is to provide a combined coat and trousers hanger, in whichthe latter shall be properly positioned to hold the trousers in correctshape and that Without. arranging it at a great distance below the coathanger.

A further object ofniy invention is to provide a device as mentionedequipped with a suspending member which may be folded down when not inuse to occupy less space.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

My invention'will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings forming a partbf this specification and in which,

Figure l is a perspective View of a combinetl coat and trousers hangerembodying my invention in its preferred form, F 1g. 2

is a side elevation thereof, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective viewof'one end of the coat hanger, the trouser-s hanger portion beingremoved.

The coat hanger comprises the arched arm or member, 1 which may be ofany ordinary or preferred form, and which may be made of any suitablematerial. However, I prefer to construct the same asa plain archedWooden arms as illustrated in the drawing.

'2 indicates the suspending hook formed of wire and arranged in a plane{parallel with or coinciding with one side 0 the arm, 1. Theend of thehook, 2 is bent. at right an. les and extends through the, arm," 1 asans ongoing a pivot upon which thehook may Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

3, 1908. Serial No rus es.

and at an angle to the horizontal to conform to the arch of thetrousers, that 1s, to. the

cutto arch over the instep.

4: and 5 indicate the parallel clamping arms. These ureformed of aSingle piece of wire bent back upon itself at G and are provided withmeans for attaching the same to the arm, 1. To this end, the arm, 4 isextended beyond the end of the arm, 5 and is formed with a loop or hookportion, 4, by which it is secured to the end of the coat. hanger. Inpractice, I prefer to turn the end of the arm upwardly as at 7, thebend, 7 being adjacent to the end of the arm, 1, to bring the parallelmembers, 8 and 9 of the hook or.1oop at substantially right angles tothe grain of the wood "of which the arm. 1 is formed. The portions, 8and 9 of the hook and pref erably the cross or connecting portion, 10thereof are arranged in'grooves, 11 formed in the ,arm, 1 near one endthereof. By arranging the grooves, 11 and the members, 8 and 9 atsubstantially right angles to the grain of the wood, there is lesslikelihood of splitting the ends of the arm, 1.

If preferred the trousers hanger portion may be formed of stout, welltempered wire, in which case the trousers will be clamped between thearms solely by the resiliency of said arms. However, I prefer toconstruct the device of a much lighter wire than would I be required fora device'as above mentioned,.

f both for economy of material and the'greater 1 ease with which thesame may be manufactured. In order to properly clamp the trousers theend of the arm, 5 is formed with !a hook, 12 which may be readily hookedover the adjacent portion of the arm, 4 securely clamping the trousersbetween the arms.

porting the opposite end of the hanger from the hook, 4' This may be ofany preferred form but I find that shown in the drawings both simple andeliicient. As shown therein it comprises a single strand orlink securedin the trousers are clamped between a pair of resilient wire arms. Thisportion of the dcvlce is arranged beneath the coat hanger angle at whichthe bottoms of the legs are as at 14 to the portion, 6 of the hanger andhaving its opposite end bent and extended through the hanger, l as at15.

Having described my invention What 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

In a device of the class described, a coat hanger comprising an archedarm equipped with means for suspending the same, in combination with atrousers hanger comprising a pair of parallel resilient clamping armsarranged beneath said coat hanger and at an angle to the horizontal, oneof said arms being extended and formed into a hook for securing the sameto the coat hanger, said coat hanger being formed of Wood and said Ihook portion being bent upwardly at substantially right angles to thegrain of the Wood of which the coat hanger is formed,

JOHN F. CLAUSSEN. Witnesses Farmers E. SHEEHY,

Howl-urn S. AUSTIN.

there being grooves formed in said Wooden

